150 mph M25 8-10
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Phatboy317 said:
Well, if I've encountered more than a few of them, then so have lots of other regular motorway users.
Perhaps people expect them more than you might think.
My perception of average person on the M way is they do not see past the end of their bonnet and rarely what is behind them. And there are a lot of average people on the roads.Perhaps people expect them more than you might think.
I have had a few uber barges over the years, with captains of industry being self important, arriving at warp 9 and it is surprising how quick they can eat up the distance from not being there to up your chuff flashing you on and they probably were not doing 150. Ironically I see more tomfoolery when in a limited van. Not as getting involved, but as the world goes by, you can see a lot of goings on in the other lanes.
On the autobahn, this would not be an issue.
IMHO when driving on the autobahn, other people seemed to be very aware there could be fast moving traffic from behind so pay attention when changing lanes.
This does not happen on then M25. Mentality is, the speed limit is 70, so you should not be going any quicker than that.
I found the standard of driving in Germany to be far higher than here.
IMHO when driving on the autobahn, other people seemed to be very aware there could be fast moving traffic from behind so pay attention when changing lanes.
This does not happen on then M25. Mentality is, the speed limit is 70, so you should not be going any quicker than that.
I found the standard of driving in Germany to be far higher than here.
LoonR1 said:
Phatboy317 said:
Well, if I've encountered more than a few of them, then so have lots of other regular motorway users.
Perhaps people expect them more than you might think.
And here we go again. This discussion has been had many, many times. I doubt very much that many drivers have seen many other drivers doing much over 100 and I reckon in 30 years of driving that I've never seen anyone doing 150 on the motorway. I doubt many people have. Perhaps people expect them more than you might think.
Makes no difference, it wouldn't be a defence if charged.
singlecoil said:
zip929 said:
I found the standard of driving in Germany to be far higher than here.
Have you thought about moving? As an EU citizen you are entitled to live there if you want to, and if you did you could enjoy the high standard of driving every day.LoonR1 said:
singlecoil said:
zip929 said:
I found the standard of driving in Germany to be far higher than here.
Have you thought about moving? As an EU citizen you are entitled to live there if you want to, and if you did you could enjoy the high standard of driving every day.zip929 said:
LoonR1 said:
singlecoil said:
zip929 said:
I found the standard of driving in Germany to be far higher than here.
Have you thought about moving? As an EU citizen you are entitled to live there if you want to, and if you did you could enjoy the high standard of driving every day.LoonR1 said:
Phatboy317 said:
Perhaps the west country motorways which I frequent are a bit more conducive to high speeds than the M25.
give up now. Your argument seems to be that you are amazing enough to spot fast motorway drivers and so there's no chance of a dangerous driving charge sticking. singlecoil said:
zip929 said:
LoonR1 said:
singlecoil said:
zip929 said:
I found the standard of driving in Germany to be far higher than here.
Have you thought about moving? As an EU citizen you are entitled to live there if you want to, and if you did you could enjoy the high standard of driving every day.singlecoil said:
zip929 said:
I found the standard of driving in Germany to be far higher than here.
Have you thought about moving? As an EU citizen you are entitled to live there if you want to, and if you did you could enjoy the high standard of driving every day.Phatboy317 said:
You seem to have an amazing ability to see exactly what you want to in what others write.
Heh, the old "you are putting words in my mouth" thing again, when it's pointed out that you are once more talking rubbish?You could always try not talking such rot, people might not call you out on it so often then.
Meh, in a car that can accelerate rapidly, 150 down that stretch is nothing. What are we talking, about 5-10 seconds of foot to the floor? a decent straightish section would see that easily covered. There is obviously more to the story from the multiple reports to the police than first meets the eye. Someone driving fast just does not generate reports from the public, hence why the dd charge is coming into effect. Not having bothered to read the article, I bet it wasn't a sustained 150 throughout the whole section, just a vmax that is being quoted.
We are of course all entitled to our opinions.
A stupid thing to do natch, but an impressive effort to nonetheless (imho) to hit 150mph on the M25 of all roads.
I've driven at similar speeds on the autobahn and passing slower traffic which is doing 50-70mph is quite exciting/arse clenching. I wouldn't want to try it in the UK much with our standard of driving.
A stupid thing to do natch, but an impressive effort to nonetheless (imho) to hit 150mph on the M25 of all roads.
I've driven at similar speeds on the autobahn and passing slower traffic which is doing 50-70mph is quite exciting/arse clenching. I wouldn't want to try it in the UK much with our standard of driving.
Cannot say I was going that fast, but I will admit to over 120 mph on about 80 occasions yesterday.
Only difference was that i paid for a track day at Snetterton to drive my car safely at that speed, as did 55 other people including the Radical driver who kept overtaking me going a bloody sight faster.
It's a shame that the California driver preferred to put other innocent motorists' lives at risk for enough miles and minutes, on a ridiculously congested part of the M25 car park, to get a number of reports to Surrey Police, and to give Surrey Police time to react. Those blue signs say "POLICE SLOW" for a reason.
He could have had so much more fun on a race track, instead of lending weight to the urban myth that only rich
drive Ferraris
Only difference was that i paid for a track day at Snetterton to drive my car safely at that speed, as did 55 other people including the Radical driver who kept overtaking me going a bloody sight faster.
It's a shame that the California driver preferred to put other innocent motorists' lives at risk for enough miles and minutes, on a ridiculously congested part of the M25 car park, to get a number of reports to Surrey Police, and to give Surrey Police time to react. Those blue signs say "POLICE SLOW" for a reason.
He could have had so much more fun on a race track, instead of lending weight to the urban myth that only rich
drive FerrarisI think many are missing the point here, the driver is doing 150mph+
So over double to max speed allowed.
Put it another way your commencing an overtake you check your mirrors and indicating
the adjacent lane is clear and your doing 70mph checking and lane is still clear.
Your now passing the slower vehicle when your rammed from behind by a car travelling at 150mph
Several vehicles now involved, road closed Air Ambulance and all the services in attendance including the private ambulance for the body bags....
We all know what happens after that, visits by police to someone at midnight etc ...
So over double to max speed allowed.
Put it another way your commencing an overtake you check your mirrors and indicating
the adjacent lane is clear and your doing 70mph checking and lane is still clear.
Your now passing the slower vehicle when your rammed from behind by a car travelling at 150mph
Several vehicles now involved, road closed Air Ambulance and all the services in attendance including the private ambulance for the body bags....
We all know what happens after that, visits by police to someone at midnight etc ...
Hand wringers of the world unite. What a bizarre place this is now. Almost everyone I know who has an interest in cars, and a car able to manage it does this sort of speed on occasion. I'm really puzzled as to why some of the people who reside on this forum come on to it at all, given their attitude to cars and driving. Clearly, 150mph isn't an everyday occurrence, but I suspect it happens a lot more than people think. This guy got caught, bad judgement, bad luck, bad timing, call it what you want, but the vitriol toward it on here is something I find pretty depressing.
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